The Sixth Rule

Rule Number Six:

A Note from Twain: “Everything in moderation… Including Moderation”

Try to live your life without going overboard… but make sure you go overboard once in a while, no one can be good all the time, and no one really wants to! Don’t drink too much but get blasted now and then don’t sleep too much but never give up a day spent in bed with someone you love! People who never allow themselves to leave moderation behind don’t have a lot of fun in their lives; on the other hand people who have no moderation, cant appreciate their excesses anymore.

First and foremost, bonus points on this one for quoting Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemen), pretty much the American writer. Not only did he write The Great American Novel, he also pretty much invented the genre of Alternate History and hung around with people like Harriet "Reality Check" Beecher Stowe, Fredrick "Make Slaveholders Look Retarded" Douglas, and Nikola "Zeus" Tesla. 

He could also look kind of badass.

But enough about my iconic-author-induced-nerd-boner, what we are here to talk about it moderation. The point here is balance: don't live like a hedonistic asshole, but don't be so afraid of excess that you never have any fun.

Pictured: Only ok once in a while.